Listener Crossword 4176: Solution Notes
Small but Perfectly Formed by Quinapalus
Puzzle explanation
Edmund’s speech at the start of Act 1, scene 2 of King Lear includes:
Why bastard? wherefore base?
When my dimensions are as well compact,
My mind as generous, and my shape as true,
As honest madam’s issue?
Letters omitted from Width answers gave “my shape as true”. “My dimensions are as well compact” and LEAR were to be highlighted, running along the edges of the 3-dimensional grid.
Clue explanations
Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal
| No | Answer | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Width | ||
| 30 | (M)ONTHLY | HOLY * around NT |
| 16 | H(Y)ACINE | (IN EACH) * |
| 3 | NARROW(S) | NOW around ARR |
| 28 | C(H)ESTED | C’EST + ED |
| 13 | MUSTEL(A) | MUST + (DOLCE – DO – C) < |
| 23 | ATRO(P)IA | I in AORTA < |
| 15 | R(E)CR(E)ANT | RC + RANT |
| 20 | INDEX(A)L | (LX + I) < around END * |
| 10 | A(S)TATKI | ((d)IKTAT A(lternative)) < |
| 17 | (T)RIM(T)ABS | RIBS around (M(id-passage) A(djustment)) |
| 22 | CAESA(R)S | CAESURAS – UR |
| 24 | ERAST(U)S | (A + ’S + REST) * |
| 34 | PORTI(È)R(E) | TRIP * around OR |
| HEIGHT AND DEPTH | ||
| 1, 2 | BANKNOTES | BAN + TOKENS * |
| 6, 19 | SARABANDE | S + À + BAR * + DANCE * – C |
| 7, 20 | INTRICATE | (EXTRACT + N(egative) + I with I for X) * |
| 8, 13 | STAMMERER | ’S + ((f)RAME + T(roublesom)E + MR) * |
| 11, 4 | STAR-CROST | (Archer)S + TRACTOR’S * |
| 11, 21 | SMALLSATS | S + MALL + SATS |
| 18, 5 | IN COUNCIL | (ON CLINIC + U(nion)) * |
| 29, 26 | HEARTH-TAX | HEAR + THAT − A(sh-pan) + AX |
| 31, 36 | MARSEILLE | (LA MER LIES) * |
| 32, 27 | FOR A START | (OR in FAST) + ART |
| 33, 25 | RICARDIAN | DOCTRINARIAN * = (NOT + RICARDIAN) * |
| 35, 14 | AEROLITHS | (EARTH + SOIL) * |
| 37, 9 | CORNETIST | NET in ((s)COR(e) + IS + T(ricky)) |
| 38, 12 | ASSERTION | AS + TRÈS < + I + ON |